We discuss how to define a basis for a general normed space (a ‘Schauder basis‘). We then consider orthonormal sets in inner-product spaces and orthonormal bases for separable Hilbert spaces. We give a number of conditions that ensure that a particular orthonormal sequence forms an orthonormal basis, and as an example, we discuss the L^2 convergence of Fourier series.
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